Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-04-28
INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW.
Its Practical Effect Disastrous to
the People Of the West.

EDITOR ALERT:-Wlen the Cullom-~
| Regan Interstate commerce bill was I'M
der discussion in the senate, Senator In
gals of Kansas, characterized it as *, bill
that nobody understands but which all
of us are going to vote for" It IS not
strange that the railroad officials are
puzzled with some OF its ambiguous sec
tions when the trainers Of the act could
not tell themselves what it meant.
| Neither can tho five broken down poll
tcians who have been appointed commits
sioners 10 put the law in force, define its
lncuning, and they have just issued an
official manifesto to the public, IN reply
to certain questions, in which they give
tlle people to understand that thew will
not attempt to give opinions except IS
cases arise and are presented in the form
OF complaints. In other words a railroad
company will not be instructed i'll regard
to its duty under the law until It has vlO
lated some provision Of it and the COM
pany is jerkell into court. AS the five
commissioners are no wiser than the SEN
',rt1> YT,,;t,l s+,+o, = <, ,,ro1,,,,1o
| that they do not understand the law any
better than congress did, and they decline
/ to answer questions because they cannot
answer them correctly. It is said that
one railroad company has 1850 taI,nlatcd
questions which it wants answered, and
| NO tluI,l)t most Ct the other one hundred
railroads in the United States have an
o,,y,,.1I,, loo,r liz. ,r intn,rora4 or;ee
!5ut Il no1iiler Tie railroad oincldls nor
! tine commissioners are able to explain
some. e t1,a ;,3},;r77ons sections OF the
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pubic begin 10 -oeI lis uisaS'fouS el'ec's'
1t was Mr. CullulA,s intention NO doubt
~ make 1in3>,,7f7n n}cnsc1y pop1llHr with
,:: .,o u.;,r>,,1> =,
'he l'eople 'E o11AA'1-l7 ''io l"'i,0''''o ~
time Tor he 1t Known lha6 CEillon IS d
| ,lenagO~ue o. the first Watpr7hnt the in
! dcot;n,,s now oTe that j. i the nubIic
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'h"t "''l "e ''lo,'7n' 80 '-'iio ""'' .'l"'
, tie INV VIII E"stlF increase lllE eItnlH8S
of tlls. railroads. taking the money ont Of
+la ,,ocl-o+, nf+he naa,,ln OF cnJ,rs,.. T,argc
~ ~ A.. ,.,,,4,,. ,,e,
iil''A"'"'I"Ie''' "1A = '.1T '"''-,'''' 'As
greatly embarrassed ny the ne" law and
so,,}H OF them have stopped work bee&use
~ tho ,r,I,aJ,Ia incr,,.,s, uf rates.
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One Gay 1t IS al l''i' '''''A 40 ! e'-l'S va
MA that !laS si'Nt down. anu IoH1y ! read
the following dispatch in the milwaukee,
Sapt;no7 ..
|
NEENAtI, April l.. Ihc cAtcnslTo lioNr-
! ing mill OF krllcrer 4 h&chMan' Ill llns
city, >ioset down today pen!lnS arran%e-
lnent Of the new freight 1Hfllf; THO new
law effects. ne Acenan lnlileTS conSideE'-
bly,. lnaSnurh as lIelglfa%e IS suoNo!Hn OF
| wheat shIplci II and ilour shipped ont,
and The Increased freight VIII necessltatr
an advance -. L"rtN-!Tr cents per barrel
on Hour. ~irtrH tne cUESUMcrS "Il AitEe
to pay.
TLa1 is I>rY,Iitill commentary on the
n,+;o.l o..,a+ of H., (,l,n,,--Rao,,
pay .'' '',''l e,' lI.-r .,,.a7,j i
Ei4l Oh the h}'Slll'5S H.J'!t*'S q 'i-e .o''1l-
| try. Ncenull, Wis.,. is great milling
noint. n, Lake Ninneba.ru, thirty miles
,,...,7 ,o,, ,,i,,s villa f,r,,;.,as an inn
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